Hayle drink driver Raymond Ivey Oates had family in car
A DRINK-driver was veering across the road with his wife and children in the vehicle, Truro magistrates heard.Raymond Ivey Oates, 62, of Parc an Dix Lane, Hayle, pleaded guilty to drink-driving in...
View ArticleFalmouth's Michael Tuffery drove home from wake while over legal...
DRINKING at a wake in Truro and then driving to his home in Falmouth cost a 67-year-old man his licence for three years at Truro Magistrates' Court.Michael Tuffery was found drunk at home in Hillside...
View Article'Stupid' Camborne mobile phone thief Anthony Rutter caught via...
AN INEPT mobile phone thief was caught when the 'selfie' he took ended up in the Google account of the victim – who recognised him.Anthony Rutter, 22, of Pengegon Parc, Camborne, was further implicated...
View ArticleMother of Falmouth cannabis-user Brandan Dean Bruce Preece lied...
A MOTHER lied to police about her son's whereabouts – before being overheard shouting at him.At Truro Magistrates' Court, Brandan Dean Bruce Preece, 21, who was living at Gyllyngvase Road, Falmouth, at...
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'Cocktail of drugs' was in dangerous driver's system
THE drug dealer son of a notorious Cornish criminal has been jailed for three and a half years after he drove his car dangerously with a cocktail of drugs in his system.At Truro Crown Court on Friday,...
View ArticleMan guilty of drink-driving
STEVEN WAYNE SARA, 34, of Roskear Road, Camborne, pleaded not guilty but was convicted at Truro Magistrates' Court of drink-driving at Camborne on November 4 and was told to do 150 hours of unpaid work...
View ArticleRestraining order agreed
A WOMAN who was a man's housekeeper before becoming his wife, was the alleged victim of an assault by a 67-year-old man who appeared before Truro magistrates.William Vernon, of Gunwalloe, faced a...
View ArticleCAMBORNEAssault trial
PAUL MALCOLM STEPHENS, 59, of William Street, Camborne, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Sara Jane Stephens at Camborne on January 7 and his case was adjourned for trial on...
View ArticleHELSTONNo pleas given
DANIEL LIAM STAMP, 21, of Meneage Street, Helston, entered no pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Robert Oates causing him actual bodily harm on November 30 at Helston, to possessing an...
View ArticleThief Richard Keith Toy from Porthleven had 'shopping list'
A THIEF who stole from two shops and a garden centre had been found with two handwritten shopping lists of expensive items and little money on him, Truro magistrates heard.Richard Keith Toy, 35, c/o...
View ArticleAttack lost him dream job
LOSING his job as a brewery deliveryman because he had butted one of his customers had been the biggest punishment a 21-year-old Penzance man could have suffered, his solicitor told Truro...
View ArticleWoman broke curfew order
A PENDEEN woman who was put under a court curfew four nights a week for driving while disqualified was absent when she should have been at home, and was missing for more than two hours in total, Truro...
View ArticleDrunk at the time of theft
ADMITTING to stealing a quantity of cosmetics worth £79 from Boots in Penzance, a 44-year-old man living in Plymouth told police he had been drunk and could not remember what he did with them, Truro...
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Carharrack man, 33, charged with murder
A 33-year-old man from Carharrack has been charged with the murder of David Alderson from Falmouth. He was arrested in the Newbury area on Tuesday by officers from Thames Valley Police and will appear...
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Redruth man Kevin Cooper appears at Truro magistrates charged...
A REDRUTH man has appeared in court accused of murdering an elderly man who was found dead at a disused Cornish tin mine. Kevin Cooper, 33, of Poldory View, Carharrack, appeared before Truro...
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Pool pensioner Anthony Edwards looked at revolting images of...
A POOL pensioner looked at "revolting" indecent images of children as young as two. Anthony Edwards, 67, of Agar Road, downloaded the pictures of youngsters to his computer but claimed he had only done...
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Simon Chadwick, 27, not guilty of sex assault on woman twice his...
A 27-YEAR-OLD man has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman twice his age at Looe. Simon Chadwick, of George Place, Plymouth, went on trial at Truro Crown Court on Monday, accused of...
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Three people accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old boy from Saltash
THREE people from Plymouth have appeared in court accused of kidnapping a boy in Saltash. Trudie Morgan, 17, of Pottery Road, Devonport, Matthew Davies, 28, and Annalee Clarke, 19, both of Duke Street,...
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Camborne homeless man carried a rock in a sock as a weapon
CARRYING a rock in a sock for protection is not acceptable behaviour, a Camborne homeless man was told by magistrates. At Truro Magistrates' Court on Thursday, Steven Forster, 32, of no formal abode,...
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Police appeal for witnesses after assault on young woman at rugby...
FALMOUTH police are appealing for witnesses after a young woman was assaulted during a dance party at a sports club. In a statement to police, the 18-year-old woman from Falmouth said she was attacked...
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